Wall panels

[KevinD]

A bit of domestic decoration. I have made these to hang on the wall, the Enterprise intercom, similar thing from the Liberator in Blakes 7 and the door lock panel from Moonbase Alpha in Space 1999.

It's cheaper than oil paintings!

 

[CatfoodRob]

They are amazing ...well done !
Especially the liberator one, very rare and under appreciated prop.

 

[EmmaInCandyland]

I love these old sci fi designs, looks good!

 

[KevinD]

Thanks people.

 

[KevinD]

Another one, a very cheap Hal9000, made entirely out of bits I already had, at no cost and very little time, yep, I know, it does look like that was the case!

 

[Caveneau]

They all look excellent! Creating props from existing materials is part of the craft and you have done a fantastic job with all of these.

 

[Duncanator]

These are great!
So do you just have them hanging on the walls to see if visitors notice?

 

[KevinD]

Thanks , they are all hanging on the wall in my model room. I should put them around the house really!

 

[propmainiac]

What did you use for the Hal 9000 lens? It looks really good

 

[KevinD]

Thanks. The lens was a small acrylic hemisphere from a craft shop painted clear red. Around that, I made a bezel from the metal lid of a smelly candle and glued a larger but cut down acrylic hemisphere to that. Expensive, this was not!

 

[Caveneau]

How'd you make the grill at the bottom of Hal?

 

[Markus]

Very nice work! And very effective - I love that. If you just look around, it's amazing what you can do with the lids of orange juice bottles etc. One thing, I like in particular is the blue opaque lid of Sensodyne toothpaste - it makes a wonderful Sci-Fi LED cover.
Here is how I made LED covers from those round pieces that you find in many gallon-size milk bottles.

 

[KevinD]

The grille was made with styrene strips across a plasticard rectangle. The whole lot covered in chrome tape, with black striping tape below each strip and a load of holes drilled in it. Not accurate but gives the idea.

The led covers in the above are very clever by the way!